The Assembly woman
for Kojo Beedu North-Low Cost Electoral Area, in the Effutu Constituency, Madam
Elizabeth Awo Sena, has suggested to the Ministry for Local Government and
Rural Development, to create a Fund for electoral areas with elected women as
Assembly members.
This, according to her, will encourage more
electoral areas to elect women into the District Assemblies, in line with
government policy for more women to take part in grass root decision-making programmes.
Madam Sena who made the suggestion in an
interview with the Ghana News Agency in Winneba at the weekend, said it will
also encourage more women to take part in the District Assembly concept..
She said the Fund that could be a small
portion of the District Common Fund or any amount from the Ministry, should be
used to support development projects of the choice of that particular
electorate under the supervision of the Assembly.
The Fund, she said, could operate as that of
the MPs.
She said the current situation did not
favour and encourage more women to be elected to the District Assemblies than
their male counterparts.
The Assembly woman said the situation where
the Assemblies prepared Medium Term Plans without factoring in the main needs
of the electorate, should be changed.
Madam Sena who is seeking re-election, said
only two women have filed their nominations to contest the up-coming District
Assembly Elections in Winneba.
She stated that during her entire four-year
period as Assembly woman, the Municipal Assembly was able to provide only two
projects, a six-classroom block, and a CHIP Compound in her electoral area.
The Assembly woman said there are some new
schools in the area without electricity and water, and therefore appealed to
NGOs and corporate bodies to come to the aid of the schools.
Credit: GNA
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